Description
“Today, Frida shaved her eyebrows.” The story begins with that one sentence.
A 15-year-old girl and her cat Miira. As you turn the pages, you can relive the intimate moments of one person and one cat together. The more you read, the more you feel the bond filled with love. Please experience this sad, gentle and beautiful story. I’m sure this will be a book that will remind you of the child you spent time with.
This picture book is
quiet, and beautiful.
After reading, it’s like
I’m being hugged by
the afterglow.
a Cat named Miira
First edition published on Feburary 22, 2020
Author Nana Inoue
English translator Shawn De Haven with Machiko Mitsuji
Book designer Harunobu Sakaguchi & Atushi Ikeda［G_GRAPHICS INC.］
Printing Factory Fujiwara Printing Co. Ltd.
About Author
Nana Inoue
Writer. Born in Maizuru City, Kyoto. Lives and works in Tokyo.
Studied art in the U.S. by herself at the age of 16. Graduated from Musashino Art University, Japan.
She received the Silver Prize at the BEST BOOK DESIGN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD in Leipzig, Germany in 2018,
for her picture book, “Kumamade-no osarai (A story of it becomes a bear),” special edition (Be Nice).
In 2021, her first collection of works “Hoshi ni Ehon o Tsunagu” (Connecting Picture Books to the Stars)
was published by Raitosha.
In 2022, “PIHOTEK: Walking with the Wind in the North Pole” (Kodansha), co-authored with adventurer Yasunaga Ogita,
won the Grand Prize at the 28th Japan Picture Book Award.
The same work won the Book Design and Binding Contest and the Japan Book Publishers Association President’s Award.
Other books include “Uraomote Yamaneko” (KISSA BOOKS), “A Cat of Miira” (KISSA BOOKS, after 2025/1/28), and “Sekai Neko-no Hi” (KISSA BOOKS, after 2025/1/28).
She views bookmaking as a form of architecture and continues to produce books.
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